Weight perception in overweight adolescents: Associations with body change intentions, diet and physical activity Fredrickson, Julia, Kremer, Peter, Swinburn, Boyd, de Silva, Andrea and McCabe, Marita 2015, Weight perception in overweight adolescents: Associations with body change intentions, diet and physical activity, Journal of health psychology, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 774-784, doi: 10.1177/1359105315580223. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Weight perception in overweight adolescents: Associations with body change intentions, diet and physical activity Author(s) Fredrickson, Julia Kremer, Peter orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-1958 Swinburn, Boyd de Silva, Andrea McCabe, Marita Journal name Journal of health psychology Volume number 20 Issue number 6 Start page 774 End page 784 Total pages 11 Publisher Sage Publications Place of publication Thousand Oaks, Calif. Publication date 2015-06 ISSN 1461-7277 Keyword(s) activity adolescent diet intention perception weight Social Sciences Psychology, Clinical Psychology HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS OBESE ADOLESCENTS CONTROL BEHAVIORS ACCURACY SAMPLE GOALS CHILDHOOD AUSTRALIA SYMPTOMS FEMALES Summary This study examined the association of weight perception and weight satisfaction with body change intentions and weight-related behaviours in 928 overweight adolescents (aged 11-18 years, 44% female). Accurate perception of weight was associated with trying to lose weight and inaccurate perception was associated with trying to gain muscle. Weight dissatisfaction was associated with trying to lose weight and gain muscle. Accurate weight perception and weight dissatisfaction were not associated with healthy weight-related behaviours. Awareness of overweight and body dissatisfaction may be detrimental to the adoption of healthy weight-control behaviours. Interventions with overweight adolescents should encourage body satisfaction, rather than promoting awareness of overweight. Language eng DOI 10.1177/1359105315580223 Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920501 Child Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Sage Publications Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30075921 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 20 Aug 2015, 14:50:09 EST Fri, 21 Aug 2015, 05:11:42 EST Thu, 27 Aug 2015, 12:50:25 EST Fri, 28 Aug 2015, 06:11:34 EST Fri, 04 Sep 2015, 12:18:08 EST Fri, 04 Sep 2015, 12:19:29 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 29 times in TR Web of Science Cited 31 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 531 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 27 Aug 2015, 12:50:25 EST